Heroic age Aztec gods!
Hello Folks!
Our last post depicted general features, units, and buildings that will become available to the Aztecs in the third age. Now, before uploading the third age gameplay video we want to show the Aztec minor gods that will be available to the player in order to reach the Heroic age.
Just note that god powers are not enabled in the current game version, those will be worked at the very end, and so for now you will only see the current god power ideas that we plan them to have. The gods’ art shown is not the final version, we don’t have our own art ready for any of the 3rd Age minor gods, and so the displayed art is just for reference but will be ultimately changed once we get one of our own.
Mayahuel
Mayahuel is one of several goddesses, who protect and support earth and fertility in its different guises, being especially revered as the goddess of the Maguey plant and of Pulque (an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey). In-game, Mayahuel’s improvements will strengthen your heroes; she is available to worshipers of Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli.
God Power:
Drunken Gods: The drunken gods get a group of enemy units drunk reducing their combat skills.
Myth Unit:
Amoxoaque: A living tree that can turn human units into small trees.
Population cost: 4 / Hack damage: 18 / Crush damage: 8 / Hack armor: 40% / Pierce armor: 50%
Age: III / Cost: 200 gold 18 favor / HP:390 / Speed:4.00 / Trained: Temple
Amoxoaque in game:
Technologies:
Pulque: Mayahuel’s sacred drink increases the hitpoints of all priests and makes warrior priests creat Xoloitzcuintle, Tzompantli and Temple faster.
Healing properties: Mayahuel teaches your warrior priests of the medicinal properties of maguey, increasing their healing rate and range.
Maguey thorns: Mayahuel’s thorns of maguey increase hero attack.
Wild diet: Mayahuel teaches human units to live off the wild, causing them to very slowly regenerate.
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Mictlantecuhtli
God of death and lord of Mictlan. As the god of death and the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli was naturally feared because all souls would eventually meet him face to face. His improvements aid your mythology; he is available through worshipping Huitzilopochtli and Tezcatlipoca.
God Power:
Death's awakening: Mictlantecuhtli resurrects fallen warriors and sends them back to fight.
Myth Units:
Tzitzimimitl: A fast demon-deity that can eat human units.
Population cost: 5 / Hack damage: 20 / Crush damage: 15 / Hack armor: 60% / Pierce armor: 50%
Age: III / Cost: 300 gold 27 favor / HP: 600 / Speed: 5.90 /Trained: Temple
Tzitzimime in-game:
Itzpapalotl: A flying butterfly demon-deity that attacks at range.
Population cost: 4 / Pierce damage: 17 / Crush damage: 6 / Hack armor: 20% / Pierce armor: 25%
Age: III / Cost: 225 wood 25 favor / HP: 400 / Speed: 3.80 / Trained: Temple
Itzpapalotl in-game:
Technologies:
Festivities of the death: Mictlantecuhtli’s celebrations will produce a small refund for slain human units.
Huey tzompantli: Mictlantecuhtli grants Tzomapntli a faster favor trickle, more hitpoints, and increased effectiveness to its frighten aura.
Monstrous wrath: Mictlantecuhtli makes non-titan myth units do more damage to human units.
Xipe Totec
God of war, spring, nature regeneration, and red Tezcatlipoca. His improvements benefit your noble warriors; Xipe Totec is available to worshippers of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca.
God Power:
Epidemic: infects a group of units with a deadly disease that reduces their health.
Myth Units:
Quinametzin: a stone-throwing giant that can build some military buildings.
Population cost: 5 / Hack damage: 24 / Crush damage: 10 / Hack armor: 40% / Pierce armor: 50%
Age: III / Cost: 250 wood 25 favor / HP: 1000 / Speed: 3.40 /Trained: Temple
Quinametzin in-game:
Xochitonal: an aquatic lizard iguana that is good at sinking ships.
Population cost: 4 / Hack damage: 20 / Crush damage: 5 / Hack armor: 40% / Pierce armor: 40%
Age: III / Cost: 200 Gold 18 favor / HP: 500 / Speed: 6.00 /Trained: Dock
Xochitonal in game:
Technologies:
Anahuayo: Xipe Totec increases the pierce armor of Aztec unique units and noble warriors.
Gladiatorial sacrifices: Xipe Totec increases the hitpoints of noble quarters and causes them to train units faster.
Flayed skin: Xipe Totec gives his skinned skin to your priests giving them a terror effect.
Cinteteo: Xipe Totec and the four maize gods cause farmers to generate a small trickle of gold while gathering.
What's next?
That's all for today's update, our next update will be video gameplay featuring the heroic age, it is completely finished, however, we won’t give an estimated date because we don’t want to disappoint anyone.
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So just stay tuned until our next update.
Cheers
~The Return of the Gods Team
Fantastic work as always! 😸
Bro, these monsters are sick! Not only do they look horrific in all of the best ways possible, but I love how close to the vanilla aesthetic they are.
Fantastic work!
Thanks! we've strived a lot to make things look as ensemble studios would've made them!
Always enjoy updates on this mod, particularly as I don't know much about Aztec Mythology.